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मध्यमस्य आत्मा तृतीया पञ्चमी च प्रकृती प्रकृतयः ॥

THE third and the fifth states from a madhyama king are states friendly to him.

english translation

द्वितीया चतुर्थी षष्ठी च विकृतयः ॥

while the second, the fourth, and the sixth are unfriendly.

english translation

तच् चेद् उभयं मध्यमो अनुगृह्णीयात्, विजिगीषुर् मध्यम अनुलोमः स्यात् ॥

If the madhyama king shows favour to both of these states, the conqueror should be friendly with him.

english translation

न चेद् अनुगृह्णीयात्, प्रकृत्य् अनुलोमः स्यात् ॥

if he does not favour them, the conqueror should be friendly with those states.

english translation

मद्यमश् चेद् विजिगीषोर् मित्रं मित्र भावि लिप्सेत, मित्रस्य आत्मनश् च मित्राण्य् उत्थाप्य मध्यमाच् च मित्राणि भेदयित्वा मित्रं त्रायेत ॥

If the madhyama king is desirous of securing the friendship of the conqueor's would-be friend, then having set his own and his friend's friends against the madhyama, and having separated the madhyama from the latter's friends, the conqueror should preserve his own friend.

english translation